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The Messiaen Connection; or, How to Inspire "Egg-Makers" by Esa-Pekka Salonen and musicians of the New York Philharmonic

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“Salonen has an almost inhuman understanding of the functioning of a composer’s brain”
Reviewed at National Sawdust, Brooklyn on 7 March 2016
Messiaen, Fantaisie for violin and piano
Boulez, Anthèmes I
Knussen, Autumnal, for violin and piano
Messiaen, Le Merle noir
Boulez, Sonatine for flute and piano
Benjamin, Viola, Viola
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Yulia Ziskel, Violin
Steven Beck, Piano
Anna Rabinova, Violin
Katherine Greene, Viola
Peter Kenote, Viola
Mindy Kaufman, Flute
Stephen Gosling, Piano
The John Adams Playlist
*****
A brilliant UK premiere of John Adams’ After the Fall
****1
Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature
****1
Salonen leads an Austrian feast at the Philadelphia Orchestra
****1
Boulez, Millepied and Salonen at New York Philharmonic
***11
Salonen leads an electrifying Boulez tribute in New York
****1
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